Verse Comparison: Job 30:4
American Standard Version
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
Amplified® Bible
They pluck saltwort {or} mallows among the bushes, and roots of the broom for their food {or} to warm them.
Contemporary English Version
They gather tasteless shrubs for food and firewood,
Darby English Version
They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
Good News Bible
They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them, even the tasteless roots of the broom tree!
King James Version
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
New American Standard Bible
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
New International Version
In the brush they gathered salt herbs,
and their food was the root of the broom tree.
New King James Version
Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
And broom tree roots for their food.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And who eats food as the root of the broom shrub.
Revised Standard Version
they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.
Young's Literal Translation
Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots `is' their food.
